Johnstonella
''Johnstonella'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. Its native range is south western and southern USA to Mexico, Peru to southern South America. It is found in the American states of Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and Utah, as well as in the countries of Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Peru. Taxonomy The genus name of ''Johnstonella'' is in honour of Ivan Murray Johnston (1898–1960), an American botanist. It was first described and published by August Brand in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Vol.21 on page 249 in 1925. Then in 1927, Ivan M. Johnston wrote that the genus of ''Oreocarya'' (in the Boraginaceae family) could be combined with ''Cryptantha''. Then Edwin Blake Payson in 1927 (A Monograph of the section ''Oreocarya'' of ''Cryptantha'', Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 14:211-358) agreed with Johnston and Payson had four sections in ''Cryptantha'': ''Eucryptantha'' (= ''Cryptantha''), ''Geocarya'', ''Krynitzkia'' (inclusive of ''Eremoc ...
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